| 1971 Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| First edition | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Gary Huff (Florida State QB) Junior Ah You (Arizona State DE) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Arizona State by 9½ points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Harvey Murdock (WAC) (split crew: WAC, SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 51,098 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | Mizlou | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ray Scott and Eddie Doucette | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1971 Fiesta Bowl was the inaugural edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, on Monday, December 27. Part of the 1971–72 bowl game season, it featured the eighth-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the independent Florida State Seminoles. Arizona State broke a tie late in the fourth quarter to win, 45–38.[2][3]
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